Classroom Versus Computer-based CPR Training: A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Instructional Methods (original) (raw)
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Emergency Medicine Journal, 2015
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Resuscitation, 2001
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International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship, 2012
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Proceedings of the Proceedings of the First National Seminar Universitas Sari Mulia, NS-UNISM 2019, 23rd November 2019, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2020
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